Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:15:36 +0100 (CET) From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> To: Don Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The Linux PR firestorm disaster (w.r.t. FreeBSD) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903020901310.3311-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <36DB02C3.4E77AF6B@thuntek.net>
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On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Don Wilde wrote: > Konrad Heuer wrote: > >=20 > > Shame on me - I didn't read this thread of discussion completely. I hop= e, > > I don't state anything which has already been discussed. > >=20 > > I'm convinced the FreeBSD is superior to Linux if we discuss > > technical questions. But the world isn't really interested in. The succ= ess > > of the Microsoft systems does illustrate it. > >=20 >=20 > Nevertheless, if we discuss technical issues in userland English (or > German... ;-) , we can get the point across. Please don't get me wrong: Technical discussions are very interesting, and I like them. But how can we make the outside world listen to such arguments? I often tried to convince people but finally they choose Linux because it's so popular ... > > The main of advantage of Linux is its ongoing success in the commercial > > scene because people deciding for Linux feel calmed by the existence of > > RedHat or Caldera. For them Linux is now more reliable, it's nearly lik= e a > > commercial operating system. > >=20 > > We don't want that for FreeBSD. But in the long term one or two or thre= e > > Linux distributions will even go more commercial and will win the race. > > FreeBSD will stay a free operating system (I hope so) and will get only= a > > small part of the market. That's what I expect. > >=20 > Jordan hopes to prove you wrong... without going explicitly > 'commercial'... I hope so, too; and in this case I'd like to be proven wrong. I'm no friend of Linux. I don't hate it (killer.gif is a nice idea anyway), and I don't like it. > > Nevertheless, let's try to make FreeBSD more popular day by day! :-) > >=20 > hear, hear! :-D I'll do my best ...=09:-) // Konrad Heuer ____ ___ _____= __=20 // Gesellschaft f=FCr wissenschaftliche / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __= / _ \ // Datenverarbeitung mbH G=D6ttingen / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/= // / // Am Fa=DFberg, D-37077 G=D6ttingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___= /____/=20 // Deutschland (Germany) ----- The Power to Serve ----= - // http://www.freebsd.org // kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de // To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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